RE: Tesla Coil Firehazards (fwd)

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Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 20:05:48 -0400
From: Scott Bogard <teslas-intern@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Tesla Coil Firehazards (fwd)

Chris,
     Stick a piece of wood in there and find out (not really!!!).  I have 
singed wood before, the arcs tend to travel along the grain, which is a cool 
effect, glowing wood.  if given some time, I am sure it would catch fire.  
along another note, I have a friend who uses HV from an obit to do wood 
burning it makes interesting fractal looking char patterns.  Be safe!
Scott Bogard.

>From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
>To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Tesla Coil Firehazards (fwd)
>Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 12:39:13 -0600 (MDT)
>
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>Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:33:05 -0400
>From: Crispy <crispy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Tesla Coil Firehazards
>
>Hello,
>
>I was wondering how significant the firehazards relating to Tesla coils
>are.  The spark gap will generate a large amount of heat for sure, but
>how dangerous are the secondary streamers on, say, a 1kW coil?  Could
>they easily ignite materials such as wood or paper with a single strike?
>
>Thanks,
>Chris
>
>
>

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